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General conditions
Macroeconomic environment Swisscom’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows are primarily influenced by macroeconomic factors, notably economic trends, interest rates, exchange rates and the capital markets. Economy Switzerland enjoyed robust economic growth in 2013, thanks in large measure to strong domestic demand. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 2%. Despite modest improvement in the economic situation in Europe and an easing of the financial crisis, there is still the risk of a phase of sluggish growth or even a recessio...
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Business activities
Company profile Swisscom is the Swiss market leader in the field of telecommunications. It is also one of the biggest stock-exchange-listed companies in Switzerland and is listed on the country’s leading Swiss Market Index (SMI). Since acquiring Fastweb in 2007, Swisscom’s international activities have been concentrated mainly in Italy. Fastweb is one of Italy’s largest broadband telecoms companies. Swisscom’s majority shareholder with a stake of 51.2% is the Swiss Confederation, which by law must hold a majority of the capital and voting r...
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Networks
Leased lines:Swisscom operates various data networks that support leased lines based on a range of different technologies such as SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) and, of course, Ethernet. Business customers can take advantage of permanent, overload-free point-to-point connections using bandwidths of between 2 Mbps and 10 Gbps. Redundancies are tailored to customers’ individual requirements in terms of availability and security. Next-generation network: To enable more cost-effective use of new services such as VoIP and convergent solutions in ...
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Business overview
Swisscom’s financial reporting is based on the three operating divisions: Swisscom Switzerland, Fastweb and Other operating segments. Swisscom Switzerland In CHF million, except where indicated 2011 2012 2013 Net revenue 8,449 8,461 8,449 Segment result before depreciation and amortisation ...
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Segment revenue and results
Swisscom Switzerland In CHF million, except where indicated 2013 2012 Change Net revenue and results Residential Customers 5,145 ...
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Capital expenditure
Introduction Swisscom remains committed to maintaining the high quality and availability of its network infrastructure in Switzerland, in particular by making targeted investments in fibre-optic network expansion, migration to an all-IP-based infrastructure, and ensuring a state-of-the-art mobile network. See Report Swisscom’s network infrastructure In Italy, Fastweb operates a network comprising a proprietary fibre-optic network and a copper-based broadband access infrastructure. This network infrastructure is also undergoing further expans...
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Segment information
Operating segments requiring to be reported are determined on the basis of a management approach. Accordingly, external segment reporting reflects the internal organisational and management structure used within the Group as well as internal financial reporting to the Chief Operating Decision Maker. The segment information disclosed is in line with to that of the internal reporting systems. Reporting is divided into the segments “Residential Customers”, “Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises”, “Enterprise Customers”, “Wholesale”, and “N...
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Summary of significant accounting policies
3 Summary of significant accounting policies 3.1 Consolidation Subsidiaries Subsidiaries are all companies over which Swisscom Ltd has the effective ability of controlling their financial and business policies. Control is generally presumed where Swisscom Ltd directly or indirectly holds the majority of the voting rights or potential voting rights of the company. Subsidiaries are included in consolidation from the date on which they are acquired and deconsolidated from the date they are disposed of. Intercompany balances and transactions, income an...
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Corporate strategy
Swisscom commands a leading position in the mobile, fixed, broadband and digital TV submarkets. It is also the market leader in IT services. In its traditional usage-based business, stiff competition and changing customer needs continue to erode prices and volumes. The resulting lower revenue and income need to be offset in order to ensure that sufficient financial resources are available for major investments in new technologies. The ICT sector is characterised by the following key trends and developments: Everything always on: In a few years from...
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